Ex parte Brown

DAVIDSON, Judge.

By application for the writ of habeas corpus direct to this court, relator seeks his discharge from custody of the penitentiary authorities of this state.

Relator was, on June 9, 1941, convicted in the district court of Tarrant County for the offense of assault with intent to rob, with punishment assessed at ten years in the penitentiary.

By credit awarded by the trial judge for the time served in jail prior to conviction, service of sentence began and dated from April 26, 1941. On January 11, 1944, the then governor of the state, upon recommendation of the Texas Board of…